ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.

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ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS — a name eschewed by patients and disease experts — is a devastating disease with no diagnostic test, no FDA-approved treatment and no cure. ME/CFS disables 28,000 Massachusetts residents, up to 2.5 million Americans and 17-20 million individuals worldwide. There are an estimated 112 Danvers residents afflicted with ME/CFS, yet it gets little attention and barely any federal research funding, leaving patients severely debilitated for life and with little hope for improvement. Securing state proclamations is a grassroots effort by people with ME to raise awareness about the lack of health equality for ME patients, many of whom have spent decades homebound and bedridden with little or no assistance. Some patients are so weak they cannot feed themselves. To date, state proclamations or resolutions for ME have only been secured in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois and now Massachusetts.